What Matters

Do you allow your creative power to deepen your spiritual life? Can a familiar creative structure lead you to an unfamiliar place of self- discovery? How do you access your creative life? Where does it lead you? Brent Funderburk returns to lead us on another raucous journey into the creative process, this time from the structure of Haiku. This is not your ordinary Haiku! Brent has developed a visual form of haiku, a triptych, that complements and expands the written process. Discover the journey this poetic form opens to you. Use this structure to take yourself to a new level of calmness, self – understanding, playfulness and prayer. We’ll explore the origins of haiku as well as playfully improvise some poetry of our own. Always a source of joy, laughter, and fun, Brent’s humor and spontaneity will breathe light into your day! Find examples of his summer project called “The Tryp” on his website: http://www.brentfunderburk.com

Did you know that lack of forgiveness can block dreams and goals from manifesting in every area of your life? Sometimes our thinking, feelings and strategies only need fine tuning, for our grandest goals and dreams to come true. Forgiveness just might be the most transformational strategy for personal and spiritual well-being. It's the perfect guide for looking for a job or building a business, seeking a new relationship or improving a current one, or hoping to get healthy or stay healthy. In her most recent book, The Law of Forgiveness, Connie Domino offers strategies to unleash the power of personal forgiveness. Learn how to use it to manifest goals and dreams. Learn the science behind the forgiveness technique and learn to forgive while working through the healing cycle.

Learn to be happy. Do you know there is a systematic process to create happiness? Do you know you are in charge of your own happiness? Does happiness influence your world? Are you in love with your world? Can you overcome the challenges and obstacles in your life and stand in happiness? Join Jana Clinton and Mary Beth Lodge for this lively and provocative discussion of the fundamental choices to create happiness in your life

Have you ever wondered what impact you have on your world? Do you have those moments when you think that your life has no meaning or your actions have no effect? Do youi find yourself wondering if the struggles you have are worth it? Does anything you do really matter? Let’s explore the ripples of your influence this week. Using the words of a recently published poem, we will travel on a journey to discover the impact you have truly have on your world. And we’ll prove that everything you do matters!!!

When you’ve compassionately aided people to leave the planet for 30 years—helped them be comfortable, reduced their pain and listened to their words—what emerges is not just a way of dying, but also a way of living. That’s what Becki Hawkins discovered in her uplifting and beautiful new book, TRANSITIONS: A Nurse’s Education About Life and Death.

Hawkins, who spent the heart of her career as an oncology and hospice nurse in Oklahoma, offers tenderly-rendered short recollections of those experiences that stayed with her…the one’s that touched her heart, took her breath away and opened her to a greater wisdom. It’s that wisdom which she shares with us—how we can live better, more richly, more wisely and with greater love before we, too, transition—and look back to wonder what we missed.

We started our discussion about the effects of chronic stress on our everyday lives. Let’s go deeper into this topic. Peter McCarthy continues to share his in depth knowledge of the effects of chronic stress on the health of individuals and the impact on society. As place more and more toxic demands on our bodies we experience more illness and disease. This toxic overload of stressors doesn’t just come from a single source or life area. Learn why it is necessary to take action in all areas of your life. Learn simple strategies to dramatically reduce the challenges to your health. As the author of Adrenaline Nation, Dr McCarthy challenges us to take full responsibility for our daily health practices. Listen and learn simple strategies that really matter!

While our society is the most technologically advanced on the planet, leading the way in economic growth, technological innovation and standard of living, we are paying the price for this success with unprecedented levels of chronic stress.

Like a pebble dropped in a pond, chronic stress ripples through virtually every facet of our society. Entertainment, health care, Corporate America, and interpersonal relationships are just a few of the many aspects of our society which chronic stress impacts.

Peter McCarthy demonstrates that stress has become an overwhelmingly negative factor in our dietary habits, lifestyle, thought patterns, food supply and environment. The individual's "cognitive filter has a huge impact on the body's reaction to stress. Dramatic statistics clearly prove that we are, indeed, an Adrenaline Nation.

McCarthy offers innovative and achievable solutions for conquering both the personal and institutional aspects of stress.

Are you finding yourself more stressed by summer? Are you collecting more stressors as the summer progresses? Can’t find the time for all the fun things you want to do? Bummed by friends and family that won’t follow the plan? Feeling overwhelmed with the preparation and price you pay at work for going on vacation? What if you had a simple strategy for coping with stress that would turn your world around? What if you could cope without overeating, losing sleep, or screaming obscenities? What if you could truly enjoy the summer season with a calmer pace and a more relaxed frame of mind? Join the discussion for some easy and practical techniques to shift your summer from stressed to satisfied.

Want to hear about amazing success? Concerned about the increasing obesity rates of our teens and children? Feel overwhelmed by the challenges our teens face to be healthy in our social environment? Join this discussion on the success of one young person who is making a difference in his own health and inspiring many along the way. Get excited and inspired to take action by a teen who walks the talk!

Hear two inspiring stories of weight loss success! A simple decision to lose weight can have far reaching effects. How many people does one weight loss success touch? Join us for an incredible story of hope and change. This is a story that really makes a difference in the world.